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On remand from the Supreme Court of the United States to reconsider under a recent ruling, the Indiana Court of Appeals reaffirmed
the forfeiture of a woman's car following the arrest of her son for driving while suspended. One judge dissented because
she believes the search of the vehicle was unreasonable in light of the recent ruling.

The trial court was correct in interpreting the state's habitual offender statute to include an instant conviction as
one of the "unrelated" convictions referred to in the statute, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled today.

Indiana Court of Appeals judges unanimously agreed today that a defendant's petition for expungement of his arrest shouldn't
have been denied by the trial court, but they disagreed as to what should happen on remand.

Despite modifications to a mycelium-drying business located adjacent to a farmhouse, the business is still a nuisance that
deprives the homeowners from the free use and enjoyment of their property, ruled the Indiana Court of Appeals.

In a modification of physical custody case, the Indiana Court of Appeals remanded for further proceedings because the trial
court was required to hear evidence on and consider all of the factors listed in Indiana Code Section 31-17-2.2-1(b).

A majority of Indiana Supreme Court justices agreed a man who pleaded guilty couldn't appeal the denial of his pre-trial
motion to suppress. Yet one justice believed the plea agreement should have been honored according to its terms, which included
reserving the right to object to the denial of the motion to suppress.

A widow's request for workers' compensation benefits of her deceased husband can't be granted because his death at work was
caused by a knowingly self-inflicted injury, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled today. The woman failed to satisfy the chain
of causation test in trying to prove an initial work-related event led to her husband's death.

The Indiana Supreme Court granted transfer this week to three cases, including a first impression case involving whether someone
who has drugs within 1,000 feet of a youth program center run in a church can have their conviction enhanced.

The Indianapolis Fire Department didn't discriminate against a short female firefighter when it ordered her to be psychologically
evaluated or perform driving tests, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed today.

The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals addressed for the first time in a ruling today the evidentiary significance of a fax confirmation
generated by the sender's machine. The Circuit Court determined the fax confirmation is strong evidence of receipt, so
the District Court erred in granting summary judgment in favor of a company in an employment-discrimination case.

Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard and other jurists from the Midwest will talk about important issues
affecting their respective courts during a panel discussion Sept. 9 at Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis.

The Indiana Supreme Court issued an administrative order Tuesday allowing the executive secretary of the Indiana Supreme Court
Disciplinary Commission and the executive director of the Indiana Commission on Continuing Legal Education to continue to
grant waivers to attorneys for delinquent fees and reinstatement fees assessed pursuant to Admission & Discipline Rules
23(21) and 29(7).

Clark County lost in its efforts to be dismissed from suits filed by two fired Clark Circuit Court employees. Chief Judge
David F. Hamilton in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana, ordered the county to file answers to the complaints
no later than Sept. 6.

Because a defendant's attorney affirmatively waived any challenge to an Armed Career Criminal Act enhancement - despite the
7th Circuit Court of Appeals advisement that the enhancement may have been an error due to a recent Circuit ruling - the federal
Circuit Court had no choice but to affirm the District Court.